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Golden boy gamer becomes a brand
By Jo Twist
BBC News science and technology reporter
Computer gaming has come a long way since the days of Pong.
| Quote: | Global gaming tournaments now offer thousands in prize money and pro-gamers are turning into "personalities" who can earn a healthy living.
Besides lucrative sponsorship deals, they can be brands in their own right, and "known" by millions of gamers.
Jonathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel is the "golden boy" star of first person shooter (FPS) games; he is known as the best PC gamer in the world.
"The only way to make a living is to be the best," he told the BBC News website in-between "shoot-outs" at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas earlier this month.
Gaming tournaments are getting big and are increasingly attracting more coverage on TV.
Fata1ty wants gaming to be treated as a sport, and pro-gamers to be known as "E-Sportsmen/women".
The 23-year-old is likely to be the "sport's" first western trail-blazing personality and all-rounder in more ways than one.
"For pro-gamers there are about 12 or 13 tournaments and you have a chance to make over $300,000 [£160,000] if you win them all."
He has earned a fan base around the globe, winning six CPL (Cyberathlete Professional League) championships, the only gamer ever to do so.
He is Doom 3's first ever world champion, according to the Twin Galaxies' Official Video Game and Pinball Book of World Records, the industry's official record book.
What's in a name
But he is also one gamer who is proving that winning the tournament is not the only way to make money out of what was once an activity berated by parents.
In January, Fata1ty signed a lucrative 12-year deal with Creative Labs to design peripherals and accessories for gamers. |
Tons More here!
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| Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 7:44 am Post subject: |
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I've never heard of him before  ...Interesting. I wonder how well he would play fighting games(non-PC games)?
He might be considered to be the "best" PC-gamer in the world but still the PS2 and other consoles are dominated by other legends like StinkyDinkins, HalJordan, Daigo, Justin Wong, etc. They're more popular than him but they're still not THE best.
He's not the best PC-Gamer in everyone's opinion.
I think there are others much better than him, and many agree with me.
Reference: GameFAQs.com
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| Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 1:45 pm Post subject: |
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i thougth broken was lol
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| Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 2:02 pm Post subject: |
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| I heard of him on TechTV. |
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I challenge him to a game of Garou: Mark of the Wolves or Tekken or Soul Calibur or FIFA  . I'm nigh-unbeatable in those game but not a champion .
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That kid is soo cocky and arrogant. seriously, look at his website, his smile and his additude on his skills. Companies are even making Fatal1ty lines for him.
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| Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 10:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Killkev wrote: | | That kid is soo cocky and arrogant. seriously, look at his website, his smile and his additude on his skills. Companies are even making Fatal1ty lines for him. |
I agree with you KillKev, he is very cocky!
I wouldn't challenge any of you in any game, Lol I don't play enough to be very good and I bet there are hundreds of people all over the world that would give him a good run for his money, if they had the means to travel and compete in all of these sanctioned/recognized tournaments.
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| Eric Straven wrote: | | I challenge him to a game of Garou: Mark of the Wolves or Tekken or Soul Calibur or FIFA . I'm nigh-unbeatable in those game but not a champion . |
i challenge you to a game of FIFA!  |
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